Chinese firm to complete cross-Kenya railway

A major Chinese company has won contracts to complete a rail link running across Kenya - a major project expected to boost connections in East Africa.

China Communications Construction Co has signed a framework agreement with the Kenyan government to build two more sections of the Mombasa-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway.

In September, the company won a contract worth $1.48 billion to extend the Mombasa-Nairobi line by 120 kilometers to Naivasha, a stop between Nairobi, the capital, and Malaba.